1 week ago School leaders’ union launches legal action against Ofsted over report card plan

Headteachers fear the watchdog’s inspection proposals will increase high-stakes accountability and pressure on school staff.

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1 week ago Doom: The Dark Ages release date and how to start slaying up to two days before the official launch

Doom: The Dark Ages is coming to Xbox, PC and PS5 day one, with Game Pass subscribers getting it included as part of their membership.

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1 week ago Trump 100 days: White House action plan makes Project 2025 look mild

Donald Trump tried to distance himself from the radical rightwing blueprint for government during the campaign but its prescriptions are all over the administration’s agendaTrump’s whirlwind start to his second presidencyWhen Donald Trump chose a Project 2025 author to lead a key federal agency that would carry out the underpinnings of the conservative manifesto’s aims, he solidified the project’s role in his second term.Shortly after he won re-election, the US president nominated Russ Vought to lead the office of management and budget. Vought wrote a chapter for Project 2025 about consolidating power in the executive branch and advances a theory that allows the president to withhold funds from agencies, even if Congress has allocated them. Consolidating power, in part through firing a supposed “deep state” and hiring loyalists, is a major plank of the project – and of Trump’s first 100 days. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Coronation Street fans say 'such a shame' as upsetting exit 'for good' looms

One of Corrie viewers' favourite character's set their plan to leave the cobbles into action.

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1 week ago Equinor considers suing Trump administration over halted US windfarm

Norway’s state energy company’s $2.5bn project off coast of New York was almost a third finishedNorway’s state energy company may take Donald Trump’s administration to court after it ordered an “unprecedented” halt to a $2.5bn (£1.87bn) windfarm project off the coast of New York.Equinor is considering its legal options after the US interior secretary, Doug Burgum, ordered the company to “immediately halt all construction activities” on an offshore windfarm last month. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Spain power outage: First deaths emerge including tragic family

Many parts of the Iberian Peninsula were plunged into darkness on Monday with officials now launching an investigation to establish the cause of the major blackout

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2 w. ago Daniel Dubois dismisses Oleksandr Usyk’s ‘mind games’ before showdown

Heavyweights due to meet at Wembley on 19 July‘If you’ve got power on your side, you can do anything’Daniel Dubois warned Oleksandr Usyk that none of the mind games will matter when they step into the ring for their heavyweight title unification contest and suggested the Ukrainian would simply not be able to “handle the pain” when they meet at Wembley Stadium on 19 July.On Tuesday afternoon, Dubois and Usyk presented a compelling study in contrast at Wembley as, in separate conversations to officially launch the fight, the two men echoed the differences between them which had already been made plain 24 hours earlier. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago North Lanarkshire Council’s work on child poverty receives positive feedback from Public Health Scotland

The council’s latest report on child poverty was reviewed by the NHS organisation which found that both the report itself and the action plan provided addressed both long term and prevention aspects, with interventions linking those in need into the relevant support.

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2 w. ago Trump envoy meets Putin hours after Moscow killing of Russian general

Russian official calls talks with Steve Witkoff ‘quite useful’ as investigation launched into suspected Ukrainian bombingDonald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff has met Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin for high-stakes peace talks, hours after a senior Russian military official was killed in a car explosion near Moscow.Trump has played up Witkoff’s visit – his fourth to Russia in recent months – claiming a deal on ending the war in Ukraine was within reach. “The next few days are going to be very important. Meetings are taking place right now,” Trump told reporters on Thursday. “I think we’re going to make a deal I think we’re getting very close.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump kickstarts 2028 election campaign as official hat launches on store

Donald Trump appears to have launched his presidential election campaign for an unconstitutional third term by releasing a red hat embroidered with the words "Trump 2028"

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2 w. ago Best Topshop buys for spring from £24 as the brand teases its website re

Topshop has just teased it's official return, so while we wait for the summer website re-launch, we've rounded up the best new-in pieces from £24 that are perfect for spring

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2 w. ago Universities to make more lower grade entry offers to disadvantaged students who have faced 'barriers'

Universities UK (UUK), which represents campus bosses, unveiled an 'action plan' to 'boost access' for the 'most disadvantaged in society'.

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3 w. ago South of Scotland Enterprise officials claim agency has created and supported 10,000 jobs

The enterprise agency was officially launched in April 2020, with grants of more than £50million provided to businesses in that time.

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3 w. ago Households to save over £100 on energy bills as new rules introduced

The new rules - which form part of the government’s Clean Power Action Plan - will require heat pumps and certain other electric heating appliances to be sold with smart functionality

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3 w. ago East Calder Bowling Club officially opens 2025 season with community celebration

The event was marked by a ceremonial throw of the Jack by Livingston MP Gregor Poynton, who was on hand to help officially launch the new season.

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3 w. ago Community group in rural South Lanarkshire bidding to restore disused hotel to its former glory

The Douglas Community Development Company (DCDC) has officially launched a crowdfunding campaign to support the next phase of restoring the historic Douglas Arms Hotel.

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3 w. ago Barcelona announce plan to take shock action against La Liga in furious statement

Barcelona have hit out at La Liga over the scheduling of some of their domestic fixtures this season less than 24 hours after a furious rant from their manager Hansi Flick

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3 w. ago Russia strikes Dnipro as Ukrainian officials seek security pledges in Paris

Ukrainian officials say Russian forces launched a massive drone attack on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, killing three people including a child and wounding dozens

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4 w. ago Newmains Community Action Plan officially launched at NCT Centre event

Representatives from Newmains Community Trust (NCT), Newmains & District Community Council, Councillor Geraldine Woods, the council’s communities convener, local elected members, and North Lanarkshire Council’s Community Partnership Team attended the official launch.

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4 w. ago Fan hands himself in after bottle thrown at Van der Poel during Paris

Dutchman struck on his way to victory in famous raceAlpecin-Deceuninck and UCI join with condemnationFrench justice officials have launched an investigation after Mathieu van der Poel had a plastic bottle hurled at his face during his triumphant ride to a third consecutive Paris-Roubaix victory on Sunday.“An investigation was opened into the charge of violence with a weapon in order to identify and arrest the perpetrator,” said the Lille prosecutor Carole Etienne on X. The Dutch Alpecin-Deceuninck rider was struck while powering solo over a cobbled section with 33km remaining in the prestigious one-day classic, often called “The Hell of the North”. Continue reading...

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